Chord in Bach's chorale

1. What is true of a Bach chorale?
2. What are the steps for harmonizing a chorale melody?
3. What is chorale harmonization?
4. Can v go to III?

What is true of a Bach chorale?

Bach's chorales are strictly choral arrangements of well-known hymn tunes adorned with elaborate harmony; he never composed an original chorale. In modern times the chorale is considered to be a musical setting, usually polyphonic, of a traditional religious text.

What are the steps for harmonizing a chorale melody?

The first few steps given here are designed to make the chorale more approachable and to make its structure easier to understand.

1. Step 1: mark where the cadences appear. ...
2. Step 2: work out the tonic key of the chorale. ...
3. Step 3: work out possible cadences for each phrase and a possible approach chord.

What is chorale harmonization?

Chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale: ... Such a tune presented in a homophonic or homorhythmic harmonisation, usually four-part harmony (e.g. Bach's four-part chorales, or the chorale included in the second movement of Mahler's Fifth Symphony)

Can v go to III?

V chords lead to I or vi chords. vi chords lead to I, ii, iii, IV, or V chords. vii° chords lead to I or iii chords.